Great soup! I did make some changes to account for the ingredients I had on hand. I used 2.75 lbs of hamburger and frozen black-eyed peas instead of canned. It was too thick with the additional meat so I added 16 oz. beef broth (made with base) and 2 cans of V8. I adjusted the thyme and pepper for the additional ingredients. The recipe turned out to be the best beef vegetable soup I've made so far!